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2018 was a great year for the fight against artificial dyes. We saw many stores ban products using them and other companies pledge to remove artificial dyes in favor of naturally derived colors. To encourage this movement CFH has launched the Natural Color Coalition

Here’s the best New Year’s resolution you can make
BY LINDA BONVIE
If you made a New Year’s resolution, probably by now the enthusiasm in following this self-improvement ritual has slowly faded into the humdrum of daily life.
But I’m here to help revitalize things. It’s not too late to make one of

UPDATE: Watch Senator Blumenthal's press conference on the dangers of 5G: View it here.
As the Senator notes, despite the FCC's assurances that 5G is "safe," "We need evidence." And classified evidence is NOT enough.
CFH and NISLAPP believe the available scientific evidence: The impact will be harmful. "We do not know

It is critical to remain vigilant in order to rebuff efforts to curtail our health freedom. While threats to this freedom are nothing new, we alerted you in June to a very specific threat to homeopathy. The FDA is seeking the authority to ban all homeopathic remedies which are already

Good news! The bill referred to below passed the Senate on October 10 - thanks to all who sent messages to their Senators! Read more here: https://mast.house.gov/blog?ID=021535EC-B791-4B8E-857F-BEA2B12FAD18
Senate Must Pass The Water Resources Development Act
by James J. Gormley
Fixing our water issues is perhaps the most important priority for the state of

A Lesson from the Past Reminds Us How the Facts Are What Really Matter
By LINDA and BILL BONVIE
It was a bit like a case of déjà vu, only with a new dimension.
That was our reaction upon hearing the news that a Terminix employee had been indicted for illegally applying the

Citizens for Health regrets the loss of a dear friend and champion of the health freedom movement, Jim Duke. A renaissance man in the truest sense of the word, and as frequent collaborator Steven Foster notes, "His impact and inspiration for the last three generations of all aspects of the

In Badditives! The 13 Most Harmful Food Additives in Your Diet and How to Avoid Them, Linda and Bill Bonvie, who for several years wrote the Citizens for Health “Food Identity Theft” blog, identified a rogues' gallery of the “worst of the worst” ingredients out there. We were fortunate to

Additives in today's foods are more prevalent than ever. Preservatives, GMOs, foods declared safe for consumption despite never being tested - how does one sort it all out? Even the most basic products can have ingredients intended to affect appearance, shelf-life, texture, while contributing nothing to nutritional value - and

7 Reasons Why Dieters Give Up (And How YOU Can Make It Happen This Year)
by Carol Solomon, Ph.D., MCC
Most of us understand that "New Year's resolutions" rarely last into mid-January - much less for the entire year!
What goes wrong?
And more importantly…how can YOU avoid the typical traps?
Here are 7 of

New 9-Part Docuseries Turns to Experts for Guidance on Vaccines
Mark your calendars for a free online event that is a must for anyone trying to make informed decisions about vaccinations. On January 10 watch the first episode of "Vaccines Revealed" - a 9-part docuseries, where you can hear from the

Special thanks to our allies at A Voice for Choice for sharing this call to action and for organizing citizen activists to be heard on this issue. The folks at A Voice for Choice share our goal of ensuring everyone has access to the truthful, non-misleading information so important for

Carol Solomon, Ph.D.
After a bad breakup, Sarah often felt anxious, depressed and saddened. She had never really gotten over her divorce years earlier and still blamed herself. Now life just seemed empty and overwhelming. Sarah didn’t have many friends for support, but she did have a carton of ice cream

The flu vaccination: a shot in the dark that misses by a mile
By LINDA BONVIE
By now the flu-shot propaganda machine is in full swing.
The truth is we can’t go anywhere after summer folds its tent without being bombarded with a pitch to get one of these jabs.
So, should you?
Will that

Have a happy lectin-, gluten-, additive-free Thanksgiving!
By LINDA BONVIE
Let me start by saying that consuming unadulterated food has become increasingly challenging. And as we enter the “eating season” that begins with Thanksgiving, complications can heat up at a rapid pace.
If you’re not careful, a “traditional” Thanksgiving meal can easily

The Labeling Trick Only the FDA Could Pull Off
By LINDA and BILL BONVIE
Ready or not, Halloween is coming around again.
For many, it’s a fun holiday that opens the magic portal to the holiday season. But for others, not so much!
In the UK a recent poll found that 45 percent of

Natural Health

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2018 was a great year for the fight against artificial dyes. We saw many stores ban products using them and other companies pledge to remove artificial dyes in favor of naturally derived colors. To encourage this movement CFH has launched the Natural Color Coalition

Here’s the best New Year’s resolution you can make
BY LINDA BONVIE
If you made a New Year’s resolution, probably by now the enthusiasm in following this self-improvement ritual has slowly faded into the humdrum of daily life.
But I’m here to help revitalize things. It’s not too late to make one of

UPDATE: Watch Senator Blumenthal's press conference on the dangers of 5G: View it here.
As the Senator notes, despite the FCC's assurances that 5G is "safe," "We need evidence." And classified evidence is NOT enough.
CFH and NISLAPP believe the available scientific evidence: The impact will be harmful. "We do not know

It is critical to remain vigilant in order to rebuff efforts to curtail our health freedom. While threats to this freedom are nothing new, we alerted you in June to a very specific threat to homeopathy. The FDA is seeking the authority to ban all homeopathic remedies which are already

Good news! The bill referred to below passed the Senate on October 10 - thanks to all who sent messages to their Senators! Read more here: https://mast.house.gov/blog?ID=021535EC-B791-4B8E-857F-BEA2B12FAD18
Senate Must Pass The Water Resources Development Act
by James J. Gormley
Fixing our water issues is perhaps the most important priority for the state of

A Lesson from the Past Reminds Us How the Facts Are What Really Matter
By LINDA and BILL BONVIE
It was a bit like a case of déjà vu, only with a new dimension.
That was our reaction upon hearing the news that a Terminix employee had been indicted for illegally applying the

Citizens for Health regrets the loss of a dear friend and champion of the health freedom movement, Jim Duke. A renaissance man in the truest sense of the word, and as frequent collaborator Steven Foster notes, "His impact and inspiration for the last three generations of all aspects of the

In Badditives! The 13 Most Harmful Food Additives in Your Diet and How to Avoid Them, Linda and Bill Bonvie, who for several years wrote the Citizens for Health “Food Identity Theft” blog, identified a rogues' gallery of the “worst of the worst” ingredients out there. We were fortunate to

Additives in today's foods are more prevalent than ever. Preservatives, GMOs, foods declared safe for consumption despite never being tested - how does one sort it all out? Even the most basic products can have ingredients intended to affect appearance, shelf-life, texture, while contributing nothing to nutritional value - and

7 Reasons Why Dieters Give Up (And How YOU Can Make It Happen This Year)
by Carol Solomon, Ph.D., MCC
Most of us understand that "New Year's resolutions" rarely last into mid-January - much less for the entire year!
What goes wrong?
And more importantly…how can YOU avoid the typical traps?
Here are 7 of

New 9-Part Docuseries Turns to Experts for Guidance on Vaccines
Mark your calendars for a free online event that is a must for anyone trying to make informed decisions about vaccinations. On January 10 watch the first episode of "Vaccines Revealed" - a 9-part docuseries, where you can hear from the

Special thanks to our allies at A Voice for Choice for sharing this call to action and for organizing citizen activists to be heard on this issue. The folks at A Voice for Choice share our goal of ensuring everyone has access to the truthful, non-misleading information so important for

Carol Solomon, Ph.D.
After a bad breakup, Sarah often felt anxious, depressed and saddened. She had never really gotten over her divorce years earlier and still blamed herself. Now life just seemed empty and overwhelming. Sarah didn’t have many friends for support, but she did have a carton of ice cream

The flu vaccination: a shot in the dark that misses by a mile
By LINDA BONVIE
By now the flu-shot propaganda machine is in full swing.
The truth is we can’t go anywhere after summer folds its tent without being bombarded with a pitch to get one of these jabs.
So, should you?
Will that

Have a happy lectin-, gluten-, additive-free Thanksgiving!
By LINDA BONVIE
Let me start by saying that consuming unadulterated food has become increasingly challenging. And as we enter the “eating season” that begins with Thanksgiving, complications can heat up at a rapid pace.
If you’re not careful, a “traditional” Thanksgiving meal can easily

The Labeling Trick Only the FDA Could Pull Off
By LINDA and BILL BONVIE
Ready or not, Halloween is coming around again.
For many, it’s a fun holiday that opens the magic portal to the holiday season. But for others, not so much!
In the UK a recent poll found that 45 percent of

Judy Watch

JudyWatch: Deadline Looms For Submitting Comments on 5G and Health Risks of EMFs - Last Day is March 8
Judy, our resident EMF (electromagnetic frequency) watchdog has alerted us to submit comments on the FCC's proposed regulations that would allow widespread and rapid deployment of a "5G" network under a proposed "streamlining"

Family Health

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2018 was a great year for the fight against artificial dyes. We saw many stores ban products using them and other companies pledge to remove artificial dyes in favor of naturally derived colors. To encourage this movement CFH has launched the Natural Color Coalition

Here’s the best New Year’s resolution you can make
BY LINDA BONVIE
If you made a New Year’s resolution, probably by now the enthusiasm in following this self-improvement ritual has slowly faded into the humdrum of daily life.
But I’m here to help revitalize things. It’s not too late to make one of

Have a happy lectin-, gluten-, additive-free Thanksgiving!
By LINDA BONVIE
Let me start by saying that consuming unadulterated food has become increasingly challenging. And as we enter the “eating season” that begins with Thanksgiving, complications can heat up at a rapid pace.
If you’re not careful, a “traditional” Thanksgiving meal can easily

The Labeling Trick Only the FDA Could Pull Off
By LINDA and BILL BONVIE
Ready or not, Halloween is coming around again.
For many, it’s a fun holiday that opens the magic portal to the holiday season. But for others, not so much!
In the UK a recent poll found that 45 percent of

It is critical to remain vigilant in order to rebuff efforts to curtail our health freedom. While threats to this freedom are nothing new, we alerted you in June to a very specific threat to homeopathy. The FDA is seeking the authority to ban all homeopathic remedies which are already

A Good Night's Sleep and its Impact on Your Health
Many people with busy schedules sacrifice sleep to get more done in their day. Sleep and health, however, go hand in hand. When you’re getting enough sleep, your productivity and sense of well-being improve.
Sleep and Health
Ever pulled an all-nighter and felt

Food/Water Integrity

Good news! The bill referred to below passed the Senate on October 10 - thanks to all who sent messages to their Senators! Read more here: https://mast.house.gov/blog?ID=021535EC-B791-4B8E-857F-BEA2B12FAD18
Senate Must Pass The Water Resources Development Act
by James J. Gormley
Fixing our water issues is perhaps the most important priority for the state of

‘Disappearance’ of GMOs, Monsanto, Should Be No Cause for Complacency
By LINDA and BILL BONVIE
You might think of it as a kind of double disappearing act – a pair of closely related evil entities now on the verge of vanishing before our very eyes.
We’re talking about the man-made mutations commonly known

Thanksgiving offers a wonderful opportunity — not only to “gather together” with family members and friends from near and far for a traditional homemade feast, but in so doing, to reject today’s fraudulent food culture in favor of the kinds of things that Mother Nature intended to sustain us.
You might

NEW BREAKTHROUGH BOOK EXPOSES THE FRAUDULENT FOUNDATION OF THE GE FOODS INDUSTRY -
LET’S MAKE IT A NATIONAL BESTSELLER
“Druker’s brilliant expose catches the promoters of GE food red-handed: falsifying data, corrupting regulators, lying to Congress. He thoroughly demonstrates how distortions and deceptions have been piled one on top of another, year

Lately, we’ve been hearing a lot about “food fears.” In the past few months, for example, we’ve seen a couple of university “studies,” both funded by the Corn Refiners Association, which represents makers of high fructose corn syrup, that suggested that consumers harboring such fears are really ill-informed or don’t

The FDA and CDC Appear to Disagree
What Should We Believe?
As someone who works to stay informed about the issues that affect your ability to maintain your health and wellness, and to sift through the often complicated scientific evidence involved, you are certainly aware of the debate about the use of

Supplements

Is a New Drug Strategy Really What We Need to Prevent Alzheimer’s?
By LINDA BONVIE and BILL BONVIE
So what’s up with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)? An agency that has been derelict in its duties of protecting the public for quite some time now appears to have gone completely off

Is Vitamin D the Panacea that has Eluded Big Pharma?
By LINDA BONVIE and BILL BONVIE
“We don’t need to develop a new drug. We already have it.”
That’s how the lead author of a new study of one of our most essential nutrients has summed up his team’s surprising new findings about

Happy New Year to all of our supporters, friends, allies and readers.
Now that the wrapping paper is gone and noisemakers are stowed, we wanted to send this very brief note looking back at (and forward to) a few issues relating to natural products, health and the environment.
First, there is general

Citizens for Health regrets the loss of a dear friend and champion of the health freedom movement, Jim Duke. A renaissance man in the truest sense of the word, and as frequent collaborator Steven Foster notes, "His impact and inspiration for the last three generations of all aspects of the

The herbal drug “should be legal and available for those struggling with addiction,” said Rep. Jared Polis.
By Nick Wing
Members of the U.S. House began circulating two Dear Colleague letters on Wednesday, urging their fellow lawmakers to take a stand against renewed federal efforts to crack down on the herbal drug

Is Kratom as Bad as the FDA Says, or a Benign Alternative to Opioids?
By BILL BONVIE
I have both some good news and some bad news to report.
The good news is that there may well be a relatively simple way for many individuals now caught up in the ongoing nationwide opioid

Food Labeling

Here’s the best New Year’s resolution you can make
BY LINDA BONVIE
If you made a New Year’s resolution, probably by now the enthusiasm in following this self-improvement ritual has slowly faded into the humdrum of daily life.
But I’m here to help revitalize things. It’s not too late to make one of

The Labeling Trick Only the FDA Could Pull Off
By LINDA and BILL BONVIE
Ready or not, Halloween is coming around again.
For many, it’s a fun holiday that opens the magic portal to the holiday season. But for others, not so much!
In the UK a recent poll found that 45 percent of

Partially Hydrogenated Oils Are Now Banned, Right?
Well, Yes -- Only Not Quite
By LINDA and BILL BONVIE
They’re supposed to be history by now. We’re talking about the particularly dangerous class of food additives known as partially hydrogenated oils, or PHOs, which are the result of solidifying a vegetable oil by

New Study Finds that Fructose Fuels Cancer Cells
By LINDA and BILL BONVIE
Canadian Sol Orwell may not be any relation to the late British author George Orwell, but some of the statements made on the website he co-founded seven years ago, Examine.com – an endeavor which he says is intended to

As mounting evidence suggests that eating Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) promotes health disorders and diseases, there has been a conspicuous lack of information about how to counteract the damaging impacts—until now. On July 17th, GMO investigator Jeffrey Smith launches a free expert-interview series called “Healing from GMOs and Roundup,” featuring

‘Read Your Labels Day’ – Now More Important Than Ever!
By LINDA BONVIE and BILL BONVIE
What makes this April 11, Citizens for Health’s sixth annual Read Your Labels Day, perhaps the most important one yet?
Two developments, actually. One is a USDA decision to override the National Organics Standards Board’s (NOSB) vote